What's happening at the farm....

I have shown you some preview pictures before of the destruction of the old milkhouse, parlor and holding area. Today the 'big guns' were called in and the high-hoe operator finished what the guys had started. He is still working down there, digging out the concrete and a holding tank that had been under the entrance to the barn. There are a couple of photos where he is shown digging up the manure line from the pump room to the manure pit. That is going to be re-done as it was not engineered very well the first time around. The so-called 'expert' who advised them on how to do it put several elbows in the line, which has caused them no end of trouble ever since, to the point that they had run a line over-ground because the other one got so plugged up. All kinds of fun!
The video on my older camera doesn't download properly, thus the many, many photos to try and share with you the sheer poetry of watching a good hoe operator. No damage was done to the barn proper. (yet...)
In some of the photos you are able to see the "thumb" that is brought up against the digger bucket to grasp debris. Very cool!